# Cost Efficiency

- [DeepSeek V4: Near-Frontier Performance, Open Weights, and the First Major Model Built for Huawei Chips](https://sdd.sh/2026/04/deepseek-v4-near-frontier-performance-open-weights-and-the-first-major-model-built-for-huawei-chips.md): DeepSeek V4 arrived April 24 with two variants: a 1.6T-parameter Pro and a 284B-parameter Flash, both MIT-licensed and priced far below Western closed models. The bigger story is what it runs on: Huawei Ascend chips, not Nvidia.